Breast Cancer By the Numbers

1 in 8 American women

will develop breast cancer

during their lifetime

232,340 new cases

of invasive breast cancer

will be diagnosed this year

64,640 cases

of non-invasive (early stage)

breast cancer will be

diagnosed this year

39,620 women

will die from breast cancer

2.9 million American women

are breast cancer survivors

Source: American Cancer Society